Moll Dyer Rock was lost for centuries, until 1968, when a writer for the Washington Evening Star named Philip H. Love read about the legend in a historical journal and went in search of it.

Moll Dyer was believed to have been a healer who often aided the community, but during a bitterly cold winter and influenza epidemic of influenza, the town named her as its cause.

It was February 1698, and disease was sweeping through Leonardtown, a small village in southern Maryland. Locals knew whom to blame: They set fire to the hut of Moll Dyer, a single woman living ...

Leonardtown will celebrate Moll Dyer Day on Saturday, Feb. 24, although events begin on Friday, Feb. 23, and run through Sunday at numerous locations.

It was February 1698, and disease was sweeping through Leonardtown, a village in southern Maryland. Locals knew whom to blame: They set fire to the hut of Moll Dyer, a single woman living alone on ...

Moll Dyer lived in Maryland in the 17th century. There are supposedly no historic records of her existence, so her tale has mostly been passed down as an oral story, told generation after generation.

And the potential exoneration of witches charged three and four centuries ago. Whether they were accused, tried or convicted of the crime of witchcraft, a Maryland lawmaker wants individuals who ...

Today, the place where Dyer’s hut is said to have stood is called Moll Dyer Road, and the stream that runs parallel to it is called Moll Dyer’s Run. In 1972, ...

Those accused are Elizabeth Bennett in 1665, Hannah Edwards in 1686, John Cowman in 1674, Mary Lee circa 1654, Rebecca Fowler ...

“Moll Dyer is the one that people are most familiar with, even if they don’t realize that they’re most familiar with her,” Bagnall said.

Those accused are Elizabeth Bennett in 1665, Hannah Edwards in 1686, John Cowman in 1674, Mary Lee circa 1654, Rebecca Fowler in 1685, Virtue Violl in 1712 and Moll Dyer. The date of Dyer’s ...